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Junior varsity scholarship players do not count towards the total. Texas A&I (now known as Texas A&M–Kingsville) is still the most prolific program with seven NAIA championships, despite having been in NCAA Division II since 1980. Carroll College of Montana is the most successful team still playing at the NAIA level, with six national titles.
A separate NAIA Division II football national championship was also held between 1970 and 1996, with the same number of teams competing in its annual playoffs. [1] Many of the teams who participated in past editions of the playoffs have subsequently joined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) or disbanded their programs.
This is a list of NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Division I football seasons from when the NAIA split its football championship into two divisions in 1970 until it consolidated back into a single championship in 1996. [1] The NAIA added flag football as a women's varsity sport in 2021. [2]
The NAIA, whose headquarters is in Kansas City, Missouri, [5] sponsors 28 national championships. CBS Sports Network, formerly called CSTV, serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA. [6] In 2014, ESPNU began carrying the NAIA Football National Championship.
1959 Texas A&I Javelinas football team; 1960 Lenoir Rhyne Bears football team; 1961 Pittsburg State Gorillas football team; 1962 Central State Bronchos football team; 1963 Saint John's Johnnies football team; 1964 Concordia Cobbers football team; 1964 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team; 1965 Saint John's Johnnies football team
2020–21 NAIA football national championship; 2023 NAIA football national championship; A. List of NAIA national football championship series appearances by team; L.
The 2024 NAIA football season was the component of the 2024 college football season organized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in the United States. The regular season began on August 24 and ended on November 16. [1] The playoffs, known as the NAIA Football National Championship, began on November 23
The NAIA Division II football national championship was a post-season playoff system featuring the best NAIA Division II college football teams in the United States. It was played annually between 1970 and 1996 when NAIA football play was divided into two divisions based on school enrollment size; the NAIA Division I football national championship was played separately.